After his successes in the Rift War (or the Godwar) as it has come to be known, Torg realizes he likes being in charge of every damn thing, and sets about to unite the lands around him.
Torgish Empire
The founding of the Torgish Empire creates a new calendar which is largely still in use today. Scholars track events in both TE and DA.
Torgish Era
1312 DA and beyond
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Torgish Empire founded
Founding -
30 TE
Unification
Military: BattleWith the Battle of the Fall of Vensheim, the Torgish Empire asborbs the last independent state, outside of Nelfheim, north of the Pellinores.
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75 TE
87 TE
Siege of Camellotte
Military actionHaving conquering the bulk of the continent, the Empire lays siege to Camellotte, and Torg returns to the place he helped defend 100 years before.
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83 TE
Gaia born
Life, BirthThe girl who would grow up to become Gaia is born to a village witch in the Torgish province of what would become Issur.
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91 TE
Benjamin founds Issur
FoundingA mayor of a small city in the centre of Issur province leads a successful revolt against the local Torgish administrator. He and his followers are forced to flee before reinforcements arrive but he begins uniting people in secret, and establishing the idea of independence.
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112 TE
Gaia joins the revolution
RevolutionThe woman Gaia becomes a witch like her mother, and, after several years of granting rest to victims of the Torgish religion (both recent corpses and the risen dead), she manages to convince the Coven to join with Benjamin's revolution. -
115 TE
Birth of Keladon
Celestial / CosmicAfter several years spent with her lover, an elvish ranger of Annûn and fellow revolutionary, Gaia gives birth to Keladon, the first known half-elf child.
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117 TE
123 TE
The Great Purge
RevolutionThe fledgling Vitalist religion takes off like wildfire, uniting the south more completely and effectively than the Issurians could. It takes a few years, but the south is finally free of the Torgish yoke when the last troops pull back across the river Issur on the 3rd day of Solstein, 1435 DA/123 TE. -
126 TE
The march north
Military actionAfter taking a few years to get his kingdom in order, during which the Torgs still harass the southernors and pirate the coast, Benjamin decides the time has come to take the war to Torg. -
140 TE
Witten's Tears
Military: BattleThe Battle of Witten's Tears is the longest and bloodiest of 14 years of long and bloody war. But the last of Torg's line, his young grandson, and Benjamin II of Issur die on each other's blades, among some 50000 others. The Torgs surrender and vow to never cross the Pellinores or the Issur river. The south returns home. -
183 TE
Division of Issur
Political eventAfter many years raising his grandchildren to be good leaders, Benjamin dies. According to his wishes, Issur is divided into five kingdoms.
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